Steve Martin
@mediasteve.bsky.social
International man of media
The exoteric interference is strong
November 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The exoteric interference is strong
why wear bluetooth headphones while trying to listen to a boombox? Am I overthinking this?!
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
why wear bluetooth headphones while trying to listen to a boombox? Am I overthinking this?!
Until today I have never used the phrase "mini-mart".
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Until today I have never used the phrase "mini-mart".
Not a great look for Waitrose. Utterly off-brand behaviour.
Waitrose-rejected autistic worker gets Asda offer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Waitrose-rejected autistic volunteer receives job offer from Asda
Tom Boyd's mum says she is
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Not a great look for Waitrose. Utterly off-brand behaviour.
Worst YouTube thumbnail?
October 20, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Worst YouTube thumbnail?
Underrated: airing cupboards.
October 17, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Underrated: airing cupboards.
The map on Down Detector basically just shows where people live.
October 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The map on Down Detector basically just shows where people live.
My little dehydrated urine-coloured radio was quite the companion in Ghana this week. And that says a lot given the exalted company there. Check @james.crid.land's review at james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
October 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
My little dehydrated urine-coloured radio was quite the companion in Ghana this week. And that says a lot given the exalted company there. Check @james.crid.land's review at james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
It's customer service week. Shouldn't that be every week?
October 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's customer service week. Shouldn't that be every week?
my daughter just asked me to call her at another time because she and all her student friends are about to watch Traitors together. Anecdote is never the singular of data but I reckon the BBC has a hit show there.
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
my daughter just asked me to call her at another time because she and all her student friends are about to watch Traitors together. Anecdote is never the singular of data but I reckon the BBC has a hit show there.
A shocker...
I fear the AI slop ads in the Evening Post might be getting to the point where they could kill vulnerable people.
October 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A shocker...
A radio review from James. I'm about to take mine to Accra. Ghana's media regulator says the country has more licensed FM stations per head of population than anywhere in the world. This could be the perfect device for listening to them.
Thank you to @mediasteve.bsky.social I've reviewed my ridiculously geeky radio over here. It's quite the device! Now to add DAB+ to it...
james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
james.cridland.net/blog/2025/re...
Review: Deepelec DP-666 radio receiver
The most geeky radio there is
james.cridland.net
October 4, 2025 at 7:33 AM
A radio review from James. I'm about to take mine to Accra. Ghana's media regulator says the country has more licensed FM stations per head of population than anywhere in the world. This could be the perfect device for listening to them.
Surprising? I know five people who have tested +ve for Covid in the last three weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Covid cases rising with new variants 'Nimbus' and 'Stratus'
Unwell with a bad throat and temperature? You may have one of the new Covid strains circulating this autumn.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 30, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Surprising? I know five people who have tested +ve for Covid in the last three weeks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Tylenol eh? So that's why I can never find paracetamol in Walgreens.
September 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Tylenol eh? So that's why I can never find paracetamol in Walgreens.
are you too having trouble with a Roberts internet radio today? Might the @airable.bsky.social database be down perhaps?
September 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
are you too having trouble with a Roberts internet radio today? Might the @airable.bsky.social database be down perhaps?
Disappointed that Sudan's national TV channel is not called Khartoum Network.
August 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Disappointed that Sudan's national TV channel is not called Khartoum Network.
if you could drive a truck would you volunteer for this experiment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Watch: World's tallest bridge completes key load-bearing test
Some 96 trucks were driven on China's Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in a test ahead of the scheduled opening next month.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 10:40 AM
if you could drive a truck would you volunteer for this experiment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
@james.crid.land best portable radio ever? No DAB/DRM/IBOC but all the analogue bands, super sensitive and selective, lots of data, geeky options and it charges from a 5V phone charger. £35.
August 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
@james.crid.land best portable radio ever? No DAB/DRM/IBOC but all the analogue bands, super sensitive and selective, lots of data, geeky options and it charges from a 5V phone charger. £35.
didn't have those on my list
July 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
didn't have those on my list
to be honest I was expecting more security
July 26, 2025 at 3:24 PM
to be honest I was expecting more security
rather in awe of this graphic on baby safe Duracell batteries. Sapore Repulsivo.
July 24, 2025 at 7:45 PM
rather in awe of this graphic on baby safe Duracell batteries. Sapore Repulsivo.
So that's where I left my gaffer tape
July 15, 2025 at 12:09 PM
So that's where I left my gaffer tape
what's the commercial model for observer.co.uk? It's free to read and appears to carry no ads.
The Observer | News, culture and style
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observer.co.uk
July 13, 2025 at 10:32 AM
what's the commercial model for observer.co.uk? It's free to read and appears to carry no ads.
this is how media regulation works in Kenya.
June 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
this is how media regulation works in Kenya.